testatum

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In common law, a writ issued out of the court of one county to the sheriff of another, reciting a previous unsatisfied writ, saying “it is testified that the defendant lurks or wanders in your bailiwick.” The previous writ and its citation are now generally dispensed with.

n. One of the clauses of an English deed, including a statement of the consideration money and the receipt thereof, and the operative words of transfer. Also called the witnessing or operative clause.

Also, "If, after nulla bona returned, a testatum be entered upon the roll, quod devastavit, a writ of inquiry shall be directed to the sheriff, and if by inquisition the devastavit be found and returned, there shall be a scire facias quare executio non de propriis bonis, and if upon that the sheriff returns scire feci, the executor or administrator may appear and traverse the inquisition."

Hoc tamen testatum esse volo, si mihi delata optio_, &c. The Bishop would have made his hearers believe that Calvin _was not content with the abolishing of the festival days_, whereas his words testify the very contrary.